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Table 6.3 Correspondence between increment fi nal rises and grammatical
elements
Text 1 Text 2 Total
TU with Adverbial Elements 5 13 18
TU with Nominal or Verbal Elements 2 26 28
TU Adverbial and Nominal/Verbal elements 2 1 3
Examples (3) and (4) provide representative examples of increment fi nal
rises which coincide with tone units containing adverbial elements.
(3) it s my in\↑TENTion to // LEAVE the g\EIGHT // within
N V d N V' d N P+
INT1 INT2 INT3 INT3 INT4
the NEXT couple of/HOURS // [T1-Bc-8]
d e N P N #
TS(4) because ↑POlicy has \CHANGED // in the PAST FEW /
w N V V' P d e+ e
INT1 INT2 INT2
YEARS // [T2-Dc-3]
N (#)
TSIt is clear that the target state in (3) and (4) is only reached after the pro-
duction of the fi nal elements hours and years respectively. However, it is
equally clear that a potential target state would have been realized had the
readers fi nished their increments after the elements Geight and changed
respectively. The addition of the fi nal tone units in (3) and (4) qualifi es the
telling. The intention to leave is strengthened by the temporal qualifi cation
in a few hours, and the policy which has changed is limited to that of the past few
years. Examples (5–6) illustrate another reader, Rf’s different choices.
(5) it s my in↑TENTion to LEAVE the gEIGHT
N V d N V' d N
INT1 INT2 INT3 INT3 INT4
within the next couple of \HOURS // [T1-Rf-8]
P+ d e N P N #
TS